partly a disorganized array of methodological commitments in hermeneutics,

partly a serious enterprise and

partly (I suspect) a fad. (p. 187, formatting added)

He offers a “Yes, but . . .” reflection on six propositions:

TIS is an attempt to transcend the barren exegeses generated by historical-critical methods, and especially those readings of Scripture that are “historical” in the sense that they are frankly anti-supernatural interpretations determined by post-Enlightenment assumptions about the nature of history. (p. 188)

TIS tends to see Scripture less as a set of propositions disclosing God than as the story of God and his saving plan of redemption. (p. 205)

Conclusion:

I am inclined to think that what is most valuable in TIS (and much is), is not new; what is new in TIS varies from ambiguous to mistaken, depending in part on the theological location of the interpreter. (p. 207)

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